diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 3df2ed50ab57270156a8ba90efa77111bfbc5676..54d33df06be0954e9b357fce76cd479f9cbe0c46 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2262,8 +2262,11 @@ int vfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 		error = -EBUSY;
 	else {
 		error = security_inode_unlink(dir, dentry);
-		if (!error)
+		if (!error) {
 			error = dir->i_op->unlink(dir, dentry);
+			if (!error)
+				dentry->d_inode->i_flags |= S_DEAD;
+		}
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
@@ -2616,6 +2619,8 @@ static int vfs_rename_other(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	else
 		error = old_dir->i_op->rename(old_dir, old_dentry, new_dir, new_dentry);
 	if (!error) {
+		if (target)
+			target->i_flags |= S_DEAD;
 		if (!(old_dir->i_sb->s_type->fs_flags & FS_RENAME_DOES_D_MOVE))
 			d_move(old_dentry, new_dentry);
 	}